The first table below looks at the demand for SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Worcestershire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Rank 7 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Contract jobs citing SQL 17 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 17.89% 10.91% 13.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.17% 30.00% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 6
Average daily rate £348 £213 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+63.52% -24.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £200 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £278 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Programming Languages
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
47 20 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 49.47% 36.36% 35.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 8
Average daily rate £340 £200 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -23.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £310 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% +0.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SQL
West Midlands

SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Worcestershire SQL Jobs Demand Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL across the Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire SQL Daily Rate Trend

SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SQL across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Worcestershire SQL Daily Rate Histogram

SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SQL across the Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire SQL Hourly Rate Trend

SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL within the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Worcester - 10 £475 -
Redditch - 4 £325 -
Bromsgrove - 2 - -
SQL
West Midlands

SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region citing SQL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL.

1 13 (59.09%) .NET
2 12 (54.55%) C#
3 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 9 (40.91%) XML
5 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET
5 8 (36.36%) SQL Server
6 7 (31.82%) OO
7 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
7 6 (27.27%) HTML
7 6 (27.27%) Oracle
8 5 (22.73%) Visual Studio
8 5 (22.73%) MCAD
8 5 (22.73%) MCSD
8 5 (22.73%) CRM
8 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (22.73%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (22.73%) jQuery
9 4 (18.18%) CSS
9 4 (18.18%) Web Services
9 4 (18.18%) VB
10 3 (13.64%) COBOL
10 3 (13.64%) PHP
10 3 (13.64%) QuickTest Pro
10 3 (13.64%) ISEB
10 3 (13.64%) MVC
10 3 (13.64%) Finance
10 3 (13.64%) Migration
10 3 (13.64%) Unit Testing
10 3 (13.64%) Web Development

SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire region citing SQL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (59.09%) .NET
2 9 (40.91%) XML
3 8 (36.36%) ASP.NET
4 6 (27.27%) HTML
5 5 (22.73%) jQuery
6 4 (18.18%) CSS
6 4 (18.18%) Web Services
7 2 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (9.091%) Django
7 2 (9.091%) XHTML
8 1 (4.545%) XSLT
8 1 (4.545%) Ajax
8 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
8 1 (4.545%) MDX
8 1 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.091%) CMS
2 2 (9.091%) Apache
2 2 (9.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Photoshop
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (9.091%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (9.091%) MySQL
3 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.545%) OLAP
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Visual Studio
2 3 (13.64%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (9.091%) Selenium
4 1 (4.545%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 2 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Programmer
3 6 (27.27%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Test Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) .NET Developer
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Systems Test Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Front-End Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Front-End Web Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Web Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (9.091%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.545%) PL/SQL Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Integration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (9.091%) VLE
2 1 (4.545%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.545%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) UNIX
1 2 (9.091%) Windows
1 2 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) OO
2 5 (22.73%) CRM
3 3 (13.64%) MVC
3 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 3 (13.64%) Unit Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Web Development
3 3 (13.64%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (13.64%) System Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Manual Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Automated Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.545%) UML
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
5 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) C#
2 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 4 (18.18%) VB
4 3 (13.64%) COBOL
4 3 (13.64%) PHP
5 2 (9.091%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.091%) PL/SQL
5 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
5 2 (9.091%) Python
6 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.545%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) MCAD
1 5 (22.73%) MCSD
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.64%) ISEB
3 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) QA
2 1 (4.545%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 6 (27.27%) Oracle
2 2 (9.091%) Northgate
2 2 (9.091%) JBoss
3 1 (4.545%) VMware